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The Hebrides are far from Scotland in ways that reach beyond geography, says reader (Picture: Adobe)

Scotsman Letters: It’s time Gaeldom broke away from Scotland

Zenobe, the electric vehicle (EV) fleet and battery storage specialist, has some 1.6GW of battery storage in the UK, either in operation, in construction or in late stage development. Picture: Paul Adams

Work on battery site in north of Scotland is milestone in transition to net zero

The Jarl Squad set light to the galley in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles during the Up Helly Aa fire festival. Originating in the 1880s, the festival celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage. Jane Barlow/PA Wire

11 pictures as thousands gather at Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland

Up Helly Aa in Lerwick has allowed women to take part for the first time. PIC: Anne Burgess/geograph.org

Analysis: Up Helly Aa in slow motion over acceptance of Viking women

Up Helly Aa takes place on the last Tuesday of January.

Up Helly Aa: How the Viking festival began in Scotland

A general view of the waterfront in Kirkwall on September 6, 2021

UK’s Top 10 most welcoming places - does your town make the list?

A vessel arriving in Lerwick, Shetland to deliver turbine components for the Viking Wind Farm.

Peterson wins work for Shetland wind farm that can power half a million homes

Best binoculars 2022 for birdwatching and nature hikes

Our expert reviews the best binoculars for bird and nature watching

Viktor the Viking mascot at The Grand in York. Pic: PA Photo/The Grand.

Railway heritage and fine dining at The Grand, York – Scotland on Sunday Travel

The Grand hotel in York. Pic: PA Photo/The Grand.

Railway heritage and fine dining at The Grand, York – Scotland on Sunday Travel

Jenna Fincken in Ruckus

Fringe reviews: Ruckus | Crossing the Void | Blodlina: The Viking Musical

The gold filigree items found packed in the Galloway Hoard. PIC: NMS.

Galloway Hoard: Mystery of gold treasures bound in silk

Perth-headquartered SSE is now one the world's largest investors in on and offshore wind energy.

SSE commits to green power investment and net zero as earnings charge up

Motherwell could face Sparta Prague. (Photo by MICHAL CIZEK/AFP via Getty Images)

What Motherwell can expect from Sparta Prague or Viking

First News: Eco mermaid makes epic swim

Photographer Colin McPherson is returning to the traditional salmon netting communities of Scotland to record in-depth the industry which was effectively banned in 2019 in response to diminishing salmon stocks returning from the open sea to river. McPherson has long documented the salmon netters and here captured a salmon netter from Joseph Johnston & Sons of Montrose, recovering fish from a fly net on the sands at St. Cyrus, Aberdeenshire. Fishing with fly nets here was discontinued after the 1998 season. PIC: Colin McPherson.

The 'race against time' to document Scotland's banned salmon netters

Jorvik Viking Centre is hosting its free, online and live Jorvik Viking Thing: Schools’ Week from February 14 to 18, 2022.

Free Viking-themed week for Edinburgh schools

The pectoral cross after conservation with porcupine quills among the fine hand tools used to remove corrosion and dirt from the treasure. PIC: NMS.

Stunning Viking Age hoard cross worn shortly before buried 1,100 years ago

Scotland has a thousand years of history with the Vikings - and Scots still celebrate it to this day

13 Viking sites you can visit in Scotland

The sword likely dates from the 9th Century with the iron heavily corroded. It was probably highly decorated with many of the details only visible through x-ray. PIC: HES/AOC Archaeology.

First findings of 'mind blowing' study of Viking cemetery on Orkney revealed

Dr Adrian Maldonado, Galloway Hoard Researcher at National Museum of Scotland, with 3D reconstruction of Silver vessel from the Hoard ,which is now on display at Kirkcudbright Galleries. PIC: Neil Hanna.

Galloway Hoard illuminates past 'power and wealth' of area as it returns home

Professor Alexandra Sanmark, of the Institute of Northern Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands, says Viking women have broadly been seen as either housewives or warriors, with a poor understanding of the important role they played in Viking society existing as a result. PIC: Contributed.

Viking-era women 'overshadowed too long' by testosterone-fuelled raiders

The Shetland Times reports that the traditional post-Lerwick Up Helly Aa holiday could be moved to Friday, June 3 next year.

Up-Helly-Aa holiday could be moved next year

The Lerwick Up-Helly-A’ festival has been postponed for a second year running.

Lerwick's 'Up Helly Aa' Viking fire festival postponed for second year

Paul Murton’s - The Highlands. Picture: Contributed

How the ancient landscape of the Highlands helped shape me - Paul Murton

One of the UK's most historic ships is set to welcome visitors again after a £1m refurbishment.

118-year-old ship is welcoming visitors after a £1 million refurbishment

Brothers Nick and Alex Ravenhall swam across the Corryvreckan with bottles of whisky strapped to their bodies to raise money for Sea Shepherd New Zealand.

Brothers swim Corryvreckan whirlpool with whisky strapped to their backs

The inside of the Viking grave with the remains of what is believed to be a large man, who was buried with a sword placed over his body. PIC: HES.

Secrets of rare Viking graves on Orkney set to be unlocked

Hebridean Celtic Festival. Credit Paul McGinley

Area focus: Stornoway

Women drink beer during the 2019 Oktoberfest in Munich (Picture: Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Women’s health is about more than our reproductive ability – Marina Politis

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Silver arm rings and gold items, including a bird pin, found among the hoard which contains around 100 objects in total. PIC: NMS.

Mystery of the four people who buried the spectacular Galloway Hoard of Viking t...

The silver bracelets and gold bird pin found among the collection that was buried in Galloway. PIC: NMS.

"Hugely important moment" hailed as Viking treasures unlocked for nation

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla review: breathtaking and atmospheric

pieces from the 10th-century treasure trove, known as the Galloway Hoard, which was found by a metal detectorist in a field in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014 and acquired by NMS in 2017, will go on display in an exhibition next year.

£1m grant to investigate secrets of Viking-age Galloway hoard uncovered by metal...

Pre-conservation left and the stunning detail revealed (right)

'It was encrusted in 1000 years of dirt' Detail revealed of Galloway Hoard cross

An elongated gold pendant from the Viking age Galloway Hoard which will feature in The Galloway Hoard: Viking-age Treasure exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland next February.

Curator's 'moments of revelation' during study of Galloway Hoard Viking treasure...

A sporran clasp of brass and steel with four concealed pistols is expected to go on display to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott.

National Museum to highlight Walter Scott, climate change and Viking age

A Viking-era hoard of silver was found close to the Old Man of Storr in Skye with it believed the island was home to several important Viking power centres. PIC:CC/Matt Thornhill

The Viking wipeout of language and culture on the isle of Skye

The story of Viking adventurer Gudridor Thorbjarnardottir, who had Scottish ancestry, is being told in a new BBC ALBA documentary. PIC: BBC ALBA.

Untold story of female Viking with Scottish ancestry brought to life

Aberdeen celebrate Ryan Hedges' goal against Viking Stavanger.

Aberdeen disarm Viking to set up Sporting Lisbon clash

Tommie Hoban of Aberdeen keeps an eye on Kilmarnock's Nicke Kabamba. Picture: Ross MacDonald/SNS

Fit-again Aberdeen defender Tommie Hoban says he’s desperate to face Viking

New details of life and culture on Iona have emerged after a series of archaeological discoveries were made. PIC: Jan Smith/Creative Commons.

Discoveries on Iona rewrite history of sacred isle

Perth-headquartered SSE is a major producer of green power.

Huge Scottish wind farms form part of £7bn SSE 'green recovery'

Here's how to send in your nomination for best postie award

The digital reconstruction of the 12 th Century Norse boatyard on Skye.

Travel 900 years back in time to a Viking boatyard on Skye

Lunan Bay in Angus

Artist’s Lunan Bay performance will reach for the moon

The open-production is due to be staged at Lunan Bay in Angus in the spring of 2021. Picture: Ruari Cormack

2021 outdoor show to explore links between crescent-shaped beach on east coast o...

Remote croft and cottages for sale in Shetland's most northerly village

New Caithness flag unveiled by Highland Council

How did Viking festival Up Helly Aa begin?

Ignition hopes to be spark for Shetland theatre

Feathers fly in Shetland wind farm development row

Tennant in Viking mode

Berserkers on the shore

Peter Ross at large: Viking-swilling raiders find their shopping Valhalla

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First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf during a visit to a school holiday club at Ayr Academy in Ayr, to announce additional funding to support families.

Analysis: SNP in the fight of their lives to limit the damage to 2017 levels

Figures, obtained by the British Medical Association (BMA) and given exclusively to The Scotsman, show Scotland has lost around 100 GP surgeries over the last decade. Pic: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

GP crisis laid bare as one in ten surgeries refusing to accept new patients